William Fichtner
William Fichtner
Biography
William Edward Fichtner (born November 27, 1956) is an American actor. He has appeared in a number of notable film and TV series. His best known movie roles are as Dellrayne in Hypnotic, Colonel Mulholland in 12 Strong, Mike in The Neighbor, General Adams in Independence Day: Resurgence, Eric Sacks in the live action remake of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014), John Carlyle in Elysium, Butch Cavendish in The Lone Ranger, Guidry in Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden, DA Frank Crenshaw in Date Night, Darren MacElroy in Blades of Glory, Captain Knauer in the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard, SFC Jeff Sanderson in Black Hawk Down, David "Sully" Sullivan in The Perfect Storm, Colonel Willie Sharp in Armageddon, Kent in Contact, Roger Van Zant in Heat, and William Wallace in Virtuosity. He was also the voice of the marriage counselor Dr. Wexler in Mr. & Mrs. Smith. His best known TV roles are as Leo Nicoletti on ABC's The Company You Keep, Adam Janikowski on CBS's sitcom Mom, Carl Hickman on NBC's drama Crossing Lines, Alexander Mahone on FOX's drama Prison Break, Sheriff Tom Underlay in the ABC cult series Invasion, and Dr. Bruce Kellerman on ABC's medical drama MDs.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
96
Gender
Male
Birthday
1956-11-27 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Mitchell Field Air Force Base, East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA
Acting

2025

The Gettysburg Address as John G. Nicolay (voice)

2024

French Girl as Peter Kinski

2023

Hypnotic as Dellrayne

2023

The Company You Keep as Leo Nicoletti

2023

88 as Ron Holt

2022

Joe vs Carole as Rick Kirkham

2022

Six as Davis

2021

The Birthday Cake as Uncle Ricardo

2021

The Space Between as Donny Rumson

2019

Finding Steve McQueen as Enzo Rotella

2019

Josie & Jack as Raeburn

2019

Cold Brook as Ted Markham

2018

12 Strong as Colonel Mulholland

2018

Hot Summer Nights as Shep

2018

Traffik as Mr. Waynewright

2018

All the Devil's Men as Brennan

2018

O.G. as Danvers

2018

Krystal as Dr. Farley

2018

Armed as Richard

2017

Top Gear America as Self - Presenter

2017

The Neighbor as Mike

2017

American Wrestler: The Wizard as Coach Plyler

2017

Porsche: Decades of Disruption as Narrator (voice)

2017

Black Holes as Youston (voice)

2016

Shooter as O'Brien

2016

Independence Day: Resurgence as General Adams

2016

Last Day in LA as Narrator (voice)

2015

Four Falls of Buffalo as Narrator (voice)

2014

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Eric Sacks

2014

The Homesman as Vester Belknap

2014

Hell on Earth as Satan

2013

Mom as Adam Janikowski

2013

Crossing Lines as Carl Hickman

2013

Elysium as John Carlyle

2013

The Lone Ranger as Butch Cavendish

2013

Phantom as Alex

2013

Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's as Narrator (voice)

2012

Veep as Felix Wade

2012

Wrong as Master Chang

2011

Drive Angry as Accountant

2011

The Big Bang as Poley

2010

Date Night as DA Frank Crenshaw

2009

Prison Break: The Final Break as Alex Mahone

2008

The Dark Knight as Bank Manager

2007

Blades of Glory as Darren MacElroy

2006

Ultraviolet as Garth

2006

The Amateurs as Otis

2006

First Snow as Ed Jacomoi

2005

Prison Break as Alexander Mahone

2005

American Dad! as Harland (voice)

2005

Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Dr. Wexler - Marriage Counselor (voice) (uncredited)

2005

The Longest Yard as Captain Knauer

2005

Invasion as Sheriff Tom Underlay

2005

Crash as Flanagan

2005

Empire Falls as Jimmy Minty

2005

Nine Lives as Andrew

2005

The Chumscrubber as Mr. Bill Stiffle

2004

Entourage as Phil Yagoda

2002

Equilibrium as Jürgen

2002

MDs as Dr. Bruce Kellerman

2002

Julie Walking Home as Henry

2001

Black Hawk Down as SFC Jeff Sanderson

2001

Pearl Harbor as Danny's Father

2001

What's the Worst That Could Happen? as Detective Alex Tardio

2000

The Perfect Storm as David "Sully" Sullivan

2000

Drowning Mona as Phil Dearly

2000

Passion of Mind as Aaron Reilly

1999

The West Wing as Christopher Mulready

1999

Go as Burke

1999

The Settlement as Jerry

1998

Armageddon as Colonel Willie Sharp

1997

Contact as Kent

1997

Switchback as Chief Jack McGinnis

1997

Albino Alligator as Law

1995

Heat as Roger Van Zant

1995

Virtuosity as Wallace

1995

Strange Days as Dwayne Engelman

1995

Reckless as Rachel's Father

1994

Quiz Show as Stage Manager

1995

The Underneath as Tommy Dundee

1992

Malcolm X as Cop at Harlem Station

1989

Baywatch as Howard Ganza

NaN

St. Sebastian as Jurgens

NaN

That's Amore! as Not available

NaN

Cutman as Not available

NaN

The Plastic Men as Narrator

NaN

The Sound as Conner

NaN

The Embers and the Stars as Not available
Crew

2019

Cold Brook Writer

2019

Cold Brook Director